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New York, New Jersey, 'Pensilvania', Maryland and North Carolina & co.

This stunning black and white chart of the Eastern seaboard of North America displays land relief and nautical detail in equal measure and is (in this version/state) previously unpublished. The sheer scale and accuracy of the survey is astonishing.

Chart Information

Reference:

A205

Date

1st March 1780

Hydrographer/Surveyor/Artist:

J.F.W Des Barres & Lt John Knight & others

Size Of Original:

w 36" x h 68"

Paper Type

Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gsm

Further Information

This print is
available framed at Quarter (A205y) and Eighth (A205z) sizes. Framed delivery to USA & Canada only.

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Notes

A205

Original

w36" x h68"

$608

N/A

Print only

A205x

Half

w25.5" x h48"

$304

N/A

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A205y

Quarter

w18" x h34"

$149

$370

1.5" frame

A205z

Eighth

w13" x h24"

$77

$259

1.5" frame

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Read the full Chart History here:

This chart is composed from the deposit of Surveys of
the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade with Soundings & Nautical Remarks
from Lt. J. Knight of the Navy and others and published by J.F.W Des
Barres. Despite its scale it bears a great deal in common with a number
of other surveys published around the time which, like this example were
compiled by Des Barres, such as Knight (see Heritage Chart A101 and
A115), Avery (Heritage Chart A305) and Snape Hammond (Heritage Chart
A301). Unlike other published versions or states of this chart the land
is heavily hachured inland of the sea and rivers, especially in to the lands
above New York.

The overall relevance of this survey can be seen when set against the
change in leadership of the British army when Sir Henry Clinton replaced Sir
William Howe in May 1778 and immediately shifted the focus of British strategic
emphasis away from New York and New England to the southern colonies. The
British, as part of their ‘Southern Strategy’ had already decided by the time
this chart was produced that the largely loyalist middle and southern states
might still be retained as part of the Empire. By occupying key towns
such as Savannah in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina and mobilizing and
arming the loyalist population, including slaves, they hoped to achieve four
things: 1. They may be able to split these states from the rest; 2.
The more loyalists that could be assimilated into the army the more British
troops could be concentrated elsewhere; 3. They might yet retain
financial control - apart from anything else these middle states produced the
commodities upon which the economics of Empire was built - tobacco, rice,
indigo and so on; 4. They may yet link these states along with their
holdings in east Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda as a new colonial grouping to
compensate for the loss of the New England states.

It is worth noting that at this time Washington as a city did not exist
but now stands just above Alexandria which is marked at 39 degrees 10' on the
Western edge of the chart. Yorktown, the scene of what was in September
and October 1781 the final and decisive battle of the war where on 19th October
Lt-General Charles, Earl of Cornwallis surrendered and effectively ended the
war is marked simply as York. On a point of accuracy this chart places '
York' at 35.08, 77.40 whereas our modern day Satellite technology places the
town at: 37.23, 76.50.